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Uncle Joe

(63,294 posts)
4. *rump said the U.S. made 17 trillion in tariffs, so the OP is making demand as to where is the money?
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 03:33 PM
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To paraphrase, '17 trillion would solve all our problems, and the government wouldn't need to be shut down.'

Bernardo de La Paz

(59,241 posts)
5. Thanks. So it is clickbait after all. 1) Old news, 2) Just a bit of tRump madness,
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 03:36 PM
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3) I am reminded of the old catch-phrase "Show us the money".

4) Thanks for saving me and many members a bunch of time.

Uncle Joe

(63,294 posts)
6. To each their own. 1. I enjoyed it 2. It puts an onus on the corporate media, they should ask him to explain his madness
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 03:42 PM
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3.

4. You're welcome.

Bernardo de La Paz

(59,241 posts)
7. I have no beef w Meidas Touch generally. The beef is the disrespectful lazy way of posting without summaries. . . nt
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 03:47 PM
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Eugene

(66,445 posts)
8. The meat of the story is that Democrats are calling Dump out one of his tall tales
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:01 PM
23 hrs ago

as Dump has taken the budget issue to a crisis point.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/where-missing-17-trillion-lawmaker-221058469.html (The Independent)

Democrats may investigate President Trump over his repeated claims that a $17 trillion flood of foreign and domestic investment has poured into the U.S. during his administration.

Trump has boasted that the supposed investment has been sparked by companies expanding operations or moving business to the U.S. after he imposed a raft of global tariffs.

“Donald Trump is living in a fantasy world,” ...


https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/where-missing-17-trillion-lawmaker-221058469.html
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